 BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer As his son proved why he's arguably the best college baseball player in America, Dylan Crews' dad George, was looking on. This is why Dylan skipped the MLB draft; this is why he moved to Baton Rouge. Here's what it was like to watch LSU's star player send the Tigers to Omaha — through the eyes of his father.
One of the largest independent oil companies still working in Louisiana's coastal waters is filing for bankruptcy. The company is based in Metairie, but the news is sending shock waves throughout the state. Here's the story of how the company's hundreds of millions of dollars in debts are held by small Louisiana businesses — and how those businesses could be left holding the bag.
It has been a tumultuous two years for the East Baton Rouge public defender's office. We've reported continuously over an exodus of attorneys, criticisms from judges and a fight over unpaid overtime — all of which presaged the ousting of the office's top leader. Now, newly obtained documents and exclusive interviews paint a fuller picture of the infighting and investigations that roiled the office. Here's what we found, and how some fear it is undermining the legal rights of Baton Rouge defendants. | 
